Tag: 2025

Igbo Apprenticeship System and Igbo Intelligentsia: A Dilemma

Ngozi Anyachonkeya — Department of English and Literary Studies, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria, Ifeoma Nwosu-Okoli — Department of English and Literary Studies, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Igbo apprenticeship system (IAS) has been acclaimed the world over as masterpiece in wealth creation, accumulation and sharing. It is in tandem with cosmology of unity is strength (Igwe bu ike); when (we) urine together it produces foam; (Anyuko mmamiri …

The Socio-Cultural Impact of Oji Ezinihitte Mbaise: Implications for Modern Media

Kelechi Cosmas Anyanwu — Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, Jahaziel Ikechukwu Ibe — Department of Architecture Federal Polytechnic, Nekede Owerri, Imo State | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

Oji Ezinihitte Mbaise is a tool for authentically expressing the socio-cultural life of its people. It not only provides a platform for showcasing the rich cultures of the people but also serves as a tool for the cultural expression, preservation …

Exploring Histo-Cultural Heritage of Ndi Igbo: A Study of ‘Nmonwu’ Igbo Masquerades Arts

Baldwin Chika Anyasodo — Fine and Applied Arts Department, Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education, Owerri | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

African art is conceptual, emotional, communal and symbolic of African cultures. The concept is the beliefsystem of the people. In most parts of Africa, particularly the Igbo geo-cultural areas of South-Eastern Nigeria, there is strong belief in “Chi” (God). They …

Promoting Environmental Sustainability: The Case of "Umuada" Music and Dance of Ogidi Women

Awaih Adaora Unoma — Department of Music, University of Nigeria, Nsukka | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

The women of Ogidi, a town in Anambra State, South Eastern Nigeria, are concerned about the environmental degradation of their community. They blame this unprecedented level of environmental destruction on non-observance of indigenous environmental protection measures, by contemporary members of …

Mobility and Intersectionality in Transnational Spaces: The Case of Migratory Subjects in Resident Alien and Other Stories: An Anthology of Immigrant Voices from Africa and the African Diaspora

Ada Uzoamaka Azodo — Indiana University Northwest, Gary | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

A paradigm shift in Afrodiasporic literatures in subject matter and chronicling tools has propelled African imagination and African transnational writers to a new level of innovation. This paper will examine the variations, complexities, and contradictions of mobility and intersectionality and …

Afamefula and Lionheart: Igbo Apprenticeship and Gender Questions in Business Leadership Succession in Nollywood Films

Chijioke Azuawusiefe — Department of Communication Studies, Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)

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